On Tuesday, April 24, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz paid a return visit to I.S. 318 in Williamsburg to once again congratulate the school’s chess team, which became the first middle school team ever to win the United States Chess Federation’s national high school championship, held in Minneapolis.
The legendary I.S. 318 team is also featured in the documentary “Brooklyn Castle.”
Photo by Kathryn Kirk
In photo (seated): Isaac Barayev, James A. Black, Jr., Tommy Zhang, Vaughn Soso, Matthew Kluska, Carlos Tapia.
Standing: Mariah McGreen, Anita Maksimiuk, Yuxin Zhuo, John Galvin (assistant principal), Maya McGreen, Brian Arthur, Eric Windley (principal), BP Markowitz, Otto Schatz, Jack Wen, Markus Pond (rear), Mubssar Uddin (front), Elizabeth Spiegel (chess teacher), Kamil Chmielewski, Kenneth Martin
